Upon acquisition of Insider in 2015, and again in 2021 with Politico, Mathias Döpfner allegedly stated that staff would need to adhere to Axel Springer’s principles, including support for a united Europe, “reconciliation between Germans and Jews”, Israel’s right to exist, and a free-market economy, and that staff who disagree with the principles “should not work for Axel Springer, very clearly”.
Not all of that is far-right imho, but demanding such a pledge - instead of objectivity - from any journalist is bad, very bad.
A free market economy is vague as well, because I certainly wouldn’t label an Anglo-Saxon model as free for the labourer. The labourer is freest in a market socialist or council communist model.
The remark on Israel is also promoting apartheid, as Israel inherently is a racist and antisemitist project. So I def would view it as promoting a far-right government. When critics are silenced, democracy dies.
Only through secularism or laïcité is democracy truly attainable.
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Not all of that is far-right imho, but demanding such a pledge - instead of objectivity - from any journalist is bad, very bad.
A free market economy is vague as well, because I certainly wouldn’t label an Anglo-Saxon model as free for the labourer. The labourer is freest in a market socialist or council communist model.
The remark on Israel is also promoting apartheid, as Israel inherently is a racist and antisemitist project. So I def would view it as promoting a far-right government. When critics are silenced, democracy dies.
Only through secularism or laïcité is democracy truly attainable.